[Year 12 Its] Re: [Year 12 IPM] VELS and ICT – An Attempt to Model an Ideal Working Relationship

[Keith Richardson]

You are 100% right Bill, but there will never be perfection. What I am
talking about is survival through being able to articulate how and where
we want to fit into what is actually happening in schools.
Ciao, Keith



On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 10:59:06 +0930, "Bill Kerr" <billkerr at gmail.com>
said:
> hi keith,
> 
> it looks good on paper and thanks for your lateral thinking
> 
> I think it would fall down in practice. The expectation is that all ICT 
> teachers are or become super teachers:-
> 1. they keep up with new developments in ICT, a curriculum area
> developing 
> faster than any other due to Moores law
> 2. they be expert in cross curricular methodologies, the c-word 
> (constructivism)
> 3. they work harder - as well as preparing and teaching their own lessons 
> they also teach the teachers how to use ICT and integrate it
> 
> Reality check: When I walk down the corridor past a computer room I 
> sometimes see a teacher sitting at the desk out the front. That teacher
> is 
> never an ICT teacher. In those classes there is more damage to computers 
> (mouse balls stolen, key boards rearranged, I can even report a case
> where 
> all the RAM was stolen) than in classes where there is an ICT teacher in 
> charge. 
> 
> "I'm from the government I'm here to help you". 
> 
> Now tell me about the government that is going to inservice all the ICT 
> teachers in the skills listed above, to give them all a teaching line off 
> for the extra work they are doing, to setup a certified career pathway
> with 
> extra pay (something like the Advanced Skill Teacher pathway in SA which 
> several years after introduction has still not got past AST1). And then
> you 
> will have my complete attention.
> -- 
> Bill Kerr
> http://billkerr.blogspot.com/
> http://users.tpg.com.au/billkerr/index.htm
> 
> 
> On 7/23/05, Keith Richardson <keithcr at fastmail.fm> wrote:
> > 
> > Last night I had a dream. And in that dream I saw how we might avert the
> > demise of our beloved area of study - ICT.
> > Death by VELS - feared by some, ignored by many - is a stark reminder
> > that we must remain vigilant and be prepared to act when necessary.
> > Here is my attempt to 'see' a possible future in which both can survive
> > - VELS and ICT.
> > I await your response.
> > Keith.
> > Keith Richardson
> > Leibler Yavneh College
> > Elsternwick Ph (03)9528 4911
> > keithcr at fastmail.fm
> > 
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